Strong Storms Pushing Slowly Across Northwest Alabama
As of this point, the strongest storms were moving into and through portions of Cullman, Morgan, and Lawrence counties.
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A Few Pesky Showers Out There At Midday
Drier air will move in later today, but a few pesky showers are dotting the radar screen as we have hit the midday hour.
Saturday Briefing — Some Showers/Storms Today; Not Bad for Sunday & Labor Day
Some will stay dry on Saturday, while some will get some scattered showers and storms. Sunday will be a much drier day across the area, and so will Labor Day.
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Idalia is Starting to Strengthen a Little This Evening
On the forecast track, the center will move over the eastern Gulf of Mexico on Monday and Tuesday, and approach the northeastern Gulf coast late Tuesday.
CANCELED – Severe T-Storm Warning for Parts of DeKalb County Until 6:45 pm
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for portions of DeKalb County until 6:45 pm this evening. At 611 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rainsville, and is nearly stationary.
Hurricane Watches & Storm Surge Watches Issued Ahead of Idalia’s Arrival
The 4 pm update is out, and while there has been no change in Idalia’s strength at this point, the National Hurricane Center has issued hurricane and storm surge watches for portions of the Florida Gulf Coast.
It’s Midday & It’s Another Sweltering Day
There is a wide range of temperatures across the area as we are seeing lower to mid 80s in the northwest, to already hitting 100 degrees down in portions of the southeast parts of Central Alabama.
TD-10 Strengthens into Tropical Storm Idalia
Observations from a NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that Tropical Depression Ten has strengthened into Tropical Storm Idalia.
Sunday Weather Briefing — Another Steamer with Strong Storms Possible
We can expect scattered storms for today through Tuesday across the area, then our attention focuses on the Gulf Coast as we’ll have a hurricane making landfall early on Wednesday.
TD 10 Update: Tropical Storm Formation Likely on Sunday
We are looking at the depression strengthening during the next few days and could become a hurricane over the eastern Gulf of Mexico, bringing a potential of dangerous storm surge, heavy rainfall, and strong winds to portions of the west coast of Florida and the Florida Panhandle by the middle of next week.
TD 10 Nearly Stationary over the Yucatán Peninsula
At this point, no new developments with TD 10, except for a very slow crawl to the northwest has started since the last update.
Invest 93L Has Now Become Tropical Depression #10
It has happened… Invest 93L has become better organized and the National Hurricane Center now classifies the system as a tropical depression.
EXPIRED – Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Northeastern Jackson County Until 3 pm
At 225 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Stevenson, or 7 miles southwest of Bridgeport, moving southwest at 15 mph.
